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The article discusses the business conditions of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. in the tobacco industry in the U.S. in 1983. It offers information on the marketing strategies of both companies and states that Reynolds introduced a low-priced cigarette brand called Century while Philip Morris also introduced the Player and Benson & Hedges De Luxe Ultra Lights. It also notes the progress of the generic cigarettes in the industry.

The article focuses on the competition in between R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Rothmans International PLC for cigarette market share in Yemen. Rothmans has long had an effective monopoly on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco in Yemen. Reynolds gained a toehold in Yemen, signing a contract to supply the state tobacco company with up to 3,000 tons of a year of raw leaf at a price 11% below Rothman's. R.J. Reynolds also planned to start producing its own cigarettes there to compete with Rothmans' brands. Rothmans' two representatives on the board of the state tobacco company engineered the ouster of its chairman, and his successor then suspended the contract.

The article offers news briefs related to various industries in 1966 in the U.S. Pan American World Airways Inc. has reported increased profits of 61% to 84 million dollars, despite the 43-day machinists' strike. General Motors Corp. revealed a dollar sales of 2.4% and a decline in profits due to higher costs, 16% to 1.8 billion dollars. Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. indicated earnings by 3.4% to a record 138 million dollars.

The article offers information related to tobacco industry. It mentions that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has the bestselling plain and menthol filters brands such as Winston and Salem. Meanwhile, president Robert B. "Barney" Walker of American Tobacco Co. has launched 20 new filter and menthol brands including Pall Mall, Tareyton, and Lucky Strike to capture the lead of R.J. Reynolds which has earned him a title Brand-a-Month Barney.

The Research and Planning Division of the National Recovery Administration has begun its investigation of the tobacco industry, and will probably finish its work well in advance of June 16, when the present cigarette code is due to be revised or replaced. The U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt directed this investigation when he signed the code, much of which he found unsatisfactory. Tobacco labor attributes this unsatisfactory code chiefly to the influence of S. Clay Williams, former president of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., probably the strongest of the Big Four concerns dominating the tobacco industry.

The article features Bowman Gray, chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. He says they have been working hard at diversification for eight years as of June 1966, while the company tried to stage a merger with pharmaceutical company Warner-Lambert back in 1957, that eventually fell through. It also mentions that Gray started with Reynolds fresh out of the University of North Carolina in 1930.

The article presents the author's comments on stocks of various companies in 1961, which have been discussed in the same column of previous issues. They are Suburban Gas & Electric Co., Avco Corp., Mesabi Iron, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Gillette, ABC Vending, Walgreen Co., and AT&T. The author states that Avco is fairly valued, while the market performance of ABC Vending is pleasing.

The article explores the state of tobacco companies in 1955. In the five years leading to 1955, R.J. Reynolds saw growth of only 21.1 percent, which is less than half of that seen by the 100 yardstick companies. The public's greater focus on their health significantly affected the business of cigarette makers in 1954, which put the industry's sales at 5 percent below that of 1953. The author shares that despite these, there are chances of a bright 1955 for cigarette producers.

The article announces the promotion of John Clarke Whitaker as chairman and chief executive officer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

The article reports on the growth in the filter tips' share of the cigarette market from 16% in 1952 to 3.4% in 1953. It is stated that manufacturing of filter-tip cigarettes has been recently announced by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. It is mentioned that the filters in cigarettes takes out nicotine and tar but unavailability of the information regarding which ingredient is harmful is leaving cigarette manufacturers handicapped.

The article focuses on a survey done by Walter E. Knight, an expert on industry trends, on cigarette consumption trends in the U.S. in 1949. The survey reports that the Camel cigarette from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has tied the Lucky Strike from American Tobacco Co. for the number one spot, and king-size cigarettes are doing a good business. It states that cigarettes from three big tobacco companies including Reynolds, American Tobacco and Liggett & Myer are reporting a decrease in the sales.

The article reports on increasing cigarette sales in the U.S. as of January 1949. It states that 1948 marked the ninth consecutive year of high cigarette sales, a 4% increase of 350 billion cigarettes, compared to the 336 billion sold in 1947. The three brands most sold were Lucky Strike by the American Tobacco Co., Camel by R. J. Reynolds, and Chesterfield by Liggett & Myers. These three firms made 83% of total cigarette sales in the country, with Philip Morris rising to fourth place, with 28 billion sticks compared to the 23 billion sold in 1947.

The article focuses on the tobacco industry in Great Britain. The report on lung cancer of the Royal College of Physician of London affects the Great Britain cigarette companies that lead British government anti-tobacco education campaign. Moreover, the cigarette companies will begin diversifying of Philip Morris Inc. and P. Lorrilard Co., and the king-size nonfilter cigarette Brandon from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

The article reports that U.S. manufacturers who normally pack their wares in tin containers are shifting to glass containers due to concerns about tin shortages in 1941. Companies that have shifted to glass containers include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., California Packing Corp., Beech-Nut Packing Co., and Dannemilla Coffee Co. Manufacturers of glass containers argue that glass packaging of products was already a growing trend before the prospect of a tin shortage even emerged.

The article reports on the issues on the market of Winchester, a new brand of little cigar from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. which said to fuel increase in the sales. It says that the product has a light smoke which can be comfortably inhaled. It also notes that advertisements for Winchester were condemned by the American Cancer Society. It adds that executives of little cigar companies worry that the marketing campaigns for Winchester might result to a ban on television advertisements for stogies.

The article reports on the new air-tight wrapping of the packs of Camel cigarettes from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. that are not affected by the atmospheric conditions and retain their original state of freshness.

The article reports on the deal between R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and 20th Century Fox Film Corp. which calls for Fox to produce and Reynolds to sponsor five newsreels per week at National Broadcasting Co.

The article reports on the increase in the sales of large cigarette brands in the U.S. It states that the cigarette brands include Lucky Strike from American Tobacco Co., Camel from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Chesterfield from Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. It mentions that Lucky Strike led the cigarette market, in which the sales rose to 106,500,000,000.

The article announces executive appointments as of June 1931, including Samuel Clay Williams as president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Edward L. Forstner as president of David Lupton's Sons Co. and Edward R. Stettinius as vide president of General Motors Corp.

The article discusses the decision of R. J. Reynolds TobaccoCo. to put its newly established food operation R. J. Reynolds Foods, Inc. in 1967 into the management of executives who founded the businesses it has acquired. The food operation is the result of a decision of the parent company to diversify. Several companies acquired by Reynolds include Pacific Hawaiian Products Co., Penick & Ford, Ltd. and Filler Products, Inc.

The article offers information on the ongoing tobacco liability lawsuits related to the 1994 suit Engle v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., specifically Patricia Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Case 19-11907, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

The article informs that the Ninth Circuit in the U.S. has decided that smoker may sue R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., based in North Carolina, in Washington state for its alleged part in worldwide conspiracy to deny addictive and harmful effects of smoking over defendant's objections based on lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. The defendant has been licensed to do business in Washington state since 1940 but has no manufacturing or production facilities in the state. The plaintiff as born and grew up in the Republic of the Philippines.

This article discusses a meeting between members of the Pennsylvania Association of the Attorney General and tobacco executives from Philip Morris, Brown and Williamson, Lorillard, and R.J. Reynolds. The 1998 settlement of tobacco litigation called for the big tobacco companies to hand over 40 cents a pack to state treasuries to create programs of public interest. This meeting between executives was in effort to plot against smaller tobacco companies who did not fall under that rule of payment.

Reports on the forces pushing for a bill to give the Food & Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco. Tobacco farmers and the Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris) who are looking for the protection the move could afford them; Protection against lawsuits and counterfeit products which hurt sales of Marlboro, America's dominant brand; Expectations that Altria will come out with a "safer" cigarette that could, under this bill, be advertised as having the FDA stamp of approval; Hurdles ahead for the bill; Expectation of strong opposition from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Lorillard Tobacco.

Reports on the merger of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco with Brown & Williamson Tobacco. Plan of R.J. Reynolds to move up to 1,000 workers to its headquarters in North Carolina in exchange for tax credits; Request for more tax cuts for the demolition of an old power plant; Claim that the company would lay off 40% of its work force; Comments from state representative Paul Luebke.

Reports on the reaction of Wall Street to merger news. The outlook for the Bank of America buyout of FleetBoston Financial to be finalized; Information on branches, assets, and deposits; Amount of shareholder value that was lost from deals between 1994 and 2001; Details of the all-stock transaction; Mention of proposed acquisitions in the managed-care industry involving Wellpoint, Anthem, UnitedHealth Group, and Mid Atlantic Medical Services; Benefits of a merger between R. J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson in the cigarette industry.

Describes the effects that major layoffs at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. could have on the economy of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Steady loss of tobacco jobs over the past two decades, due to changes in the cigarette industry; Lack of comparable jobs, as well as retraining opportunities, in the local economy; Ripple effects of the layoffs on other parts of the local economy; Impact on tobacco farmers.

This article highlights various companies trying to improve brand sales by redesigning the product or the product's packaging. Some of them are as follows: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Listerine and Starkist Foods Inc.

This article focuses on the U.S. tobacco stocks with emphasis on R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's stock value. Reynolds, itself once a multi-headed beast that owned Nabisco, whittled down the enormous debt from its celebrated 1989 leveraged buyout by divesting divisions, Nabisco's exit sliced away $4 billion in debt. Now Reynolds' debt-to-capital is 20%, versus Philip Morris' 68%. At $53, Reynolds trades at an affordable 12 times earnings, the same as Philip Morris, though Reynolds sports a higher yield, 5.6% versus 4.7%

Provides environment-related news briefs as of May 1, 2001 in Europe. Cigarette smuggling charges against tobacco companies Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds filed by the European Union Commission; Conflict of interest charged against Evgeni Adamov, the Russian Minister for Nuclear Power; Financial performance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development company.

Discusses how California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and others are suing R.J. Reynolds. Belief that the tobacco company has breached the terms of the settlement that bars cigarette makers from marketing to minors; Background on the settlement which bars billboard advertising; How the tobacco industry has put advertising funds into retail store displays and print advertising; Funding for smoking prevention programs.

Focuses on the marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products in the United States. Impact of a Florida legislative decision against the tobacco industry; Price of stocks for such companies as Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds; Correlation between tobacco revenue and that of department stores like Loews and Nordstrom.

Notes companies' success and failure in the stock market as of June 12, 2000. How Nabisco stock has surged 55 percent since May 2000; Potential buyers, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Philip Morris, and Carl Icahn; Dropped plans by Terra Networks, the Internet arm of Telefonica to buy Internet portal Lycos; How the stock in both companies fell sharply.

This article focuses on the increasing use of the term eclipse as trademarks in the U.S. William Wrigley, Procter & Gamble and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco all spend millions to launch products under the eclipse trademark. There are 200 Eclipse registered trademarks in the country as of May 2000.

Part I. Discusses a report by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David A. Kessler, that cigarette manufacturers fortify low-tar brands with nicotine. Report in the March 31, 1994 issue of the `New England Journal of Medicine,' dealing with smoking-related illnesses; Comment from James W. Johnston, chief executive officer of RJ Reynolds Tobacco.

Discusses how the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company had to cancel its plans to market a new high-tar menthol cigarette geared for smokers in Philadelphia's African-American community when African-Americans protested the new product. What the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civil rights leaders did; Why tobacco companies target minorities; Major contributions that black organizations received from tobacco companies; More.

The article offers information on R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. now part of Reynolds American Inc. Reynolds American was sold to British American Tobacco PLC for forty nine billion dollars in 2017. Susan Cameron is the former chief executive of Reynolds American and current executive chairman. The company provides the nicotine without the smoke.

The article discusses the conflict on graphic cigarette packaging in the U.S. Particular focus is given to lawsuits including one in which a judge ruled that graphic labels and warnings could be required of cigarette manufacturers. It outlines the costs that would be incurred by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to modify its package designs. Insights from Thomas Briant of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets on the potential effects of graphic images on retail are presented.

Presents information regarding gaffes published in several newspapers in the U.S. Accidental claim of a tobacco company lawyer concerning the worth of cigarettes in men's health; Implications of thoughts of the headlines of some famous circulation papers; Correction on a previous article entitled "A Few Good Taxes"; Excerpts from an issue of "Premiere," a new movie magazine published by Rupert Murdoch.